IOWA CITY, IOWA (October 25, 2019) — Earlier this fall, The University of Iowa Orchestra performed a concert exclusively for fourth-grade students in the Iowa City Community School District. The annual event, staged in the UI's Voxman Music Building, attracted more than 1,400 students.

Teachers and staff of the Iowa City Community School District Foundation, the organizers of the "Symphony Goes to School" program said the lesson of the day is bigger than music.

ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (October 25, 2019) — Quad City artists, musicians, and community-leaders are collaborating in this one-day event to celebrate art and cancer awareness at River Music Experience (RME) in downtown Davenport, 4-10PM. Tickets are $10 (ovarian cancer survivors and children under 12 are free).

Every time a witness testifies behind closed doors in the US House of Representatives' methodical march toward the impeachment of President Donald Trump, Trump supporters scream "no quid pro quo" while Trump opponents breathlessly inform us that the "smoking gun" has turned up and that impeachment is now "inevitable."

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (October 24, 2019) — Monmouth College computer-science professor Logan Mayfield has been named the College's first Commander GE Boone Endowed Professor in the Computational Sciences.

Established earlier this year by a gift from Monmouth graduate Mark Kopinski ('79) and his wife, Deborah, the Commander GE Boone Endowed Professorship in the Computational Sciences supports the work of a faculty member in mathematics, computer-science, data-science, and statistics.